Expert debunks misconception white plague remains medical problem
Dr E A Piszczek executive director of a suburban tuberculosis sanitarium says TB is not under control with no sure prevention or cure. He notes decline in TB deaths since 1900 masks ongoing cases and warns of rising victims as cities grow. He cites 161,276 cases and 13,810 deaths in 1956 with 1957 figures expected similar.
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Forest Park
E. A. Piszczek
Cook County
Piszcrek
TB crisis in city outpaces suburbs and rural areas
Health officials struggle with tuberculosis as city rates are about three times higher than suburbs and suburbs higher than rural areas. Piszczek cautions there is no sure prevention or cure, and while drugs and surgery can keep patients alive, many cannot return to normal life.
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Piszczek
Rural Youth to Meet And Install Officers
Greene County Rural Youth Organization holds a meeting at the Farm Bureau Insurance building in Switz City at 7 30 pm Thursday. Garland Graves serves as installing officer with Nancy Withycombe named president Herman Bredeweg vice president Mary Van Horn secretary Jo Taylor treasurer John Stefancik and Tom Stefancik recreational leaders Don York and Jack Gibson reporters and Jack Winters and John Doane as song leaders.
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Greene County Rural Youth Organization
Farm Bureau Insurance
Switz City
Garland Graves
Nancy Withycombe
Herman Bredeweg
Mary van Horn
Secetary
Jo Taylor
John Stefancik
Tom Stefancik
Don York
Jack Gibson
Jack Winters
John Doane
Kansas Higher Learning Sees 30000 Students Across 41 Institutions
Kansas officials report more than 30,000 students enrolled in 41 institutions of higher learning across the state.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Indiana Livestock Counts Aid National Estimates
Indiana farmers are asked to count cattle hogs sheep chickens and turkeys this week for state and national livestock estimates. Rural carriers will deliver report forms. farmers return them for Lafayette and then to Washington for the 1958 national tally.
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Indiana
Lafayette
U.S.C.A
Washington
National
Turtle Returns After Wandering From Ed Redmann Family
A pet turtle from the Ed Redmann family in St. Thomas North Dakota wandered away in 1949 after snapping a line from a tree. It has returned recently older and larger, still wearing the ring that had been used to tie it to the tree.
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ST. Thomas
N.D
Ed Redmann
South Pole seen as ideal site for future satellites
Dr. Paul A. Siple, a leading IGY scientist, says U S Antarctic base at the South Pole offers the best vantage for observing future earth satellites. He notes polar orbits provide comprehensive passes while the South Pole station remains fixed on land, unlike drifting ice at the North Pole.
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Antarctic
Paul A. Siple
South Pole
Siple
Richard E. Byrd
North Pole
International Geophysical Year Pole
McMurdo Sound
U.S
Raccoon Found at Hartford Public Library
Hartford resident William Bennett recalled a past incident with a skunk as he encountered a raccoon near Hartford Public Library after a report of an animal entering the building. He described the moment as surprising and noted the animal was contained without incident.
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Hartford
Conn
William Bennett
Hartford Public Library
Brightlock Hospital Faces Bankruptcy Over Patient Shortage
Ralph Ross, administrator at Brightlock Hospital in St Johnsbury, Vermont, said the 53 bed facility has seen no month since 1954 with a daily census averaging 50, signaling imminent financial collapse.
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ST. Johnsbury
Ralph Ross
Brightlock Hospital
Ross
World's first cafeteria opens in Chicago in 1895
In Chicago in 1895, Ernest Kimball opened what is described as the world's first cafeteria, introducing a new self-service dining concept.
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Chicago
Ernest Kimball
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